Teachers Learn How To Integrate Technology

EDUCATION - Campus - In Brief

Twenty-eight Volusia County teachers are busy examining instructional technology tools and learning how to integrate them into their teaching.

They are attending "T3: Teaching, Training and Technology" boot camp at Stetson University in DeLand and at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach.

The teachers are working with each other via high-tech videoconferencing equipment and T1 lines, which also link them to Bonner Elementary School in Daytona Beach to observe real-life teaching.

The workshop began Monday and continues through Friday.

Participants were sponsored by the Florida Independent College Fund and will receive three graduate credits upon completion.

The T3 project is a consortium project of Bethune-Cookman, Stetson, Volusia County Schools, the Florida Independent College Fund and Time Warner Communications.

T3 received $967,263 from the U.S. Department of Education in 2000 to implement the project as part of a national initiative that prepares teachers to use technology effectively to enhance teaching and learning.

Details: www.Stetson.edu/t3.

ENROLLMENT DAYS

Daytona Beach Community College has scheduled several on-site enrollment days to help students with admissions, registration and financial aid.

The process could take as long as three hours for new students, but students who visit the campus of their choice will leave with their fall schedule of classes.

To save time, students should bring their official high-school transcripts and a completed DBCC application, which can be completed online or downloaded at www.dbcc .edu.

Students will be able to meet with an admissions adviser, take the college placement test, go through orientation online, meet with a counselor, register for classes and take a tour of campus. The financial aid office and bursar's office also will be open to offer help.

Students may go through part of the process and return later to complete it.

At the New Smyrna Beach campus, 940 10th St., from 4 to 8 p.m. June 12.

At the main campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., from 4 to 8 p.m. June 13.

At the DeLand campus, 1155 County Road 4139, from 4 to 8 p.m. June 18.

At the Deltona Center, 2351 Providence Blvd. at Deltona City Hall, from 4 to 8 p.m. June 19.

Reservations or details: 386-254-4471.

DBCC's Summer "B" classes begin June 26. Fall classes begin Aug. 19.

NEW DEGREE PROGRAMSEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University will offer an undergraduate degree in space physics and a graduate degree in space science.

The master's degree will be offered at Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus beginning in the fall and the bachelor's degree will be offered at the Prescott, Ariz., campus in fall 2003.

Professor Nick Devereux, co-author with Professor Darrel Smith of the space physics degree proposal, says that to understand the difference between space physics and aerospace engineering is to understand the basic difference between engineering and physics: One applies to construction and the other to research.

The space science curriculum, a mix of physics and engineering, will include conceiving and designing complex space systems, developing a diverse set of research skills, and supporting research efforts in space and atmospheric physics and space systems engineering. Courses will include advanced spacecraft dynamics control and space physics, experimental methods in space science, numerical methods for engineers and scientists, spacecraft power and thermal design.

Details: 386- 226-6115 or www.embryriddle.edu.

FIELD HOUSE DEDICATION

Embry-Riddle will dedicate the field house on its Daytona Beach campus as the ICI Center in appreciation of contributions by Mori Hosseini, president of ICI Homes.

A ceremony to unveil the building's new sign and a reception in honor of Hosseini is planned for invited guests Thursday at the ICI Center.

"Embry-Riddle is my university, and I feel strongly about giving back to it for all it has done for me," said Hosseini.

Hosseini graduated from Embry-Riddle with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical studies and a master's in business administration.

Soon after his graduation, he founded ICI Homes. The company in Daytona Beach builds more than 700 custom homes every year.

SWIM CLASSES

Certified Red Cross water safety instructors will give swim lessons for children 6 months old through adults at the Aquatic Center at Daytona Beach Community College, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. in Daytona Beach.

A session will be offered during the mornings, June 17 to 27.

The fee is $25 to $35 for each set of classes.

Registration and details: 386-947-5504.

SUMMER CAMPS

The Daytona Beach Community College's Athletics Department will offer baseball, basketball and softball camps throughout the summer.

Boys Basketball Camp, for ages 8 to high school seniors, is scheduled Monday through June 13. The fee is $100. Registration and details: 386-947-5508. Girls Basketball Camp, Session I, for fourth through ninth grade, will teach the fundamentals of the game through individual and team competition. The camp will meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday next week. The fee is $100. Registration and details: 386-947-5507.

Softball Team Camp, Session I, for ages 12 or younger, is scheduled for Tuesday through June 13. The cost is $50 per player, with a maximum cost of $600 per team. Registration and details: 386-947-5481.

Summer 2002 Fastpitch Softball League, sanctioned by the International Sports Association and sponsored by Daytona Beach Community College, is scheduled to play Tuesday to July 11. Games will be set for 5:30, 7 and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at $50 per game. Details: 386-947-5504.